Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox

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SCP Sandbox

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3954 is to be contained in a 15cm x 15cm x 15cm acryllic glass cage in an empty room. The object is to be placed upside down in its container and its screen must be covered by black tape. No fewer than 2 persons wearing ear muffs and refraining from opening the cage should enter the room.

Description: SCP-3954 is grey-colored, Sony Ericsson D750i cellphone that was retrieved by the Foundation in [DATA EXPUNGED]. The object’s screen is completely black and has no remarkable features. There is no way to turn off SCP-3954, despite it having the usual properties of a cellphone. SCP-3954 can mimic the voice of a person’s dearest, through unknown means, and it uses this ability to manipulate that very same person into removing it from its cage, removing the black tape and looking at its screen, which has proven very effective if the individual’s loved one is deceased and/or if the subject is mentally unstable, although the object seems docile if more than one subject enters its room. When the individual does so, an app is revealed, named [REDACTED]. When the app is opened, the person, at this stage named SCP-3954-2, goes through a twisted version of the game ‘Farmville’, in which the player must [REDACTED], which seems to heavily affect sensitive human subjects. After playing for five minutes, the game will suddenly close and delete itself, and a second app will appear, which is the camera. From this point onwards, SCP-3954-2 seems to be completely thralled by the object. As soon as the individual opens the camera app, they will be looking at themselves as if taking a selfie. However, an unknown entity will be seen behind them. SCP-3954-2 will leave the room two minutes later and resume normal activities as if nothing happened. However, as seen in seen in Experiment 3954-A and Experiment 3954-B, merely looking at SCP-3954-2, from now on, will cause the entity to also █████ the observer, at this stage named SCP-3954-3, appearing in mirrors, cameras and other reflective materials and equipments. SCP-3954-2 and SCP-3954-3 will die after 5 hours, with the manner of death being yet unknown (see Addendum 3954-A). Any instances of SCP-3954-2 are to be terminated immediately after they leave SCP-3954's room. A study conducted by Dr. ████ and Dr. ████ suggests that the object may be related to SCP-513.

Procedure: Object had its black tape removed and was freed from its cage. Subject D-5094 then entered its room. Dr. ████ and Dr. ████ supervised the experiment from one of the room’s cameras.

Results: SCP-3954 attempted to communicate with D-5094, which was met with failure. SCP-3954 adjusted its voice to that of someone familiar to D-5094, and succeeded in getting the subject’s attention. SCP-3954’s screen lit faintly as D-5094 picked it up. Subject appeared to be thralled by SCP-3954 from that moment onwards, picking it up and playing an unknown game for about 10 minutes, crying intensely and talking to himself. The individual proceeded to move the object around for 15 minutes afterwards, staring at it during the entire ordeal. As nothing else happened after that, the experiment was terminated and D-5094 was escorted out of the room back to his cell. Exactly 5 hours later, Agent ████, Dr. ████, Dr. ████, Researcher ████, Researcher ████, D-5094, Officer ████ and Officer ████ were found dead.

Analysis: SCP-3954 seems to effectively manipulate those who have lost a loved one. While it was difficult to see what the game was about, it seems that it affects those who play it, perhaps making them easier targets for SCP-3954. Subject claimed to have seen his deceased loved one multiple times before his death. It seems that the object's effect on D-5094 was somehow “shared” to others that looked at him, as they claimed that an entity was ████ them before their deaths, appearing in reflective objects such as mirrors and cameras. Further testing is required.

Notes: The loss of such important personnel is unforgivable. Let’s at least hope that the next experiment doesn't end with a chain reaction across the facility. – Dr ████.

Procedure: Object remained in its cage and was not disturbed in any way. Subjects D-3120 and D-4107, wearing earmuffs, were then instructed to enter its room. Dr. ████ supervised the experiment from one of the room’s cameras. A recorder was also left on SCP-3954’s room.

Results: SCP-3954 attempted to communicate with the subjects, as expected. Subjects did not hear the object, with SCP-3954 ceasing to speak shortly after. About 5 minutes later, with the object remaining completely silent, and seeing as there was now an effective way to counter the object, Dr. ████ and his assistants ceased to look at the camera, ordering that D-3120 turn on the recorder instead. Afterwards, Dr. ████ ordered D-4107’s removal from the room and instructed D-3120 to remove his earmuffs as soon as D-4107 had left the area. However, anxiety drove D-3120 to take off his earmuffs earlier than expected, just as Officer ████ and Officer ████, both wearing earmuffs, escorted D-4107 out of the room, and both test subjects heard SCP-3954 talk once again. D-3120 was soon thralled by the object, and proceeded to remove it from its cage and remove the black tape from its screen. The subject did the same things as his predecessor in Experiment 3954-A, and the experiment was soon after terminated. Given that the fate of D-3120 was already known, he was to be terminated as soon as he stepped out of the room to avoid casualties. However, the subject appeared to be delirious and, with a brief moment of carelessness by the Officers, managed to run back to his cell, meeting D-4107 before being shot. Officer ████ and Officer ████ were found dead later, due to having seen D-3120 after he had left SCP-3954’s room. Dr. ████ decided that D-4107 will be interviewed shortly before the five-hour deadline, even though the subject is already suffering from the object’s “curse”.

Analysis: SCP-3954 is effectively countered by people wearing earmuffs. Additionally, it cannot properly mimic the voice of its victim if another individual is present in its room. It seems that SCP-3954 may be smarter than previously thought, at least when faced with an impassable obstacle, given it abruptly ceased its efforts in manipulating the test subjects instead than insisting on it. D-3120 remained lucid for longer than his predecessor while inside the room, claiming that the game was a twisted version of ‘Farmville’ in which he had to [REDACTED]. The subject also claimed to have seen an entity on SCP-3954’s camera app before his mother replaced it. Further testing may be required to know the exact identity of the entity, as well as the full effects of the game.

Foreword: After the second test, Experiment 3954-B, subject D-4107 was found on the ground in his cell, delirious and talking to himself. Subject was highly disobedient, and was brought by force by Officer ████ for questioning. Subject will be terminated afterwards. Newly promoted Researcher ████ was assigned to this interview by Dr. ████ due to a lack of cooperation from other staff members. Interviewer was unaware of SCP-3954’s chain reaction.

<Begin Log, ██/██/████ - 14:25>

Researcher ████: I’ll go directly to the point. You are the only source of information we have left on this case, and I want to know what you know. What did you see? How was the experience like?

D-4107: …

Researcher ████: Silence will get you nowhere. I was told that the results of the experiments were less than satisfactory, and we lost some important people because of carelessness. You know something we don’t.

D-4107: …

Researcher ████: (sigh) Won’t speak, then? Fine, seems like you’ll have to be disposed of sooner than I expected.

D-4107: You wouldn’t understand.

Researcher ████: Pardon?

D-4107: This. This is something you wouldn’t understand, especially you and your goddamn Foundation. Care, love. You wouldn’t understand.

Researcher ████: Then why don’t you enlighten me?

D-4107: She was everything I had. When she died, I was so lost. And that phone… it allowed me to hear her again. I felt her presence.

Researcher ████: What did you see?

D-4107: Her… and she was so beautiful. She said that all I had to do was play that game, and we’d be together again. I don’t care how gruesome that game was… her voice guided me all the way.

Researcher ████: As you wish. Back to the topic at hand… how exactly would you be together again?

D-4107: She said we’d be reunited when I proved myself. That I had to wait.

Researcher ████: And how would she know when to come?

D-4107: She’s always with me, wherever I go. She’s in this room, right now.

Researcher ████: I see nothing.

D-4107: You will, soon enough.

<End Log, ██/██/████ - 14:52>

Closing Statement: Subject then proceeded to attack Researcher ████, without provocation, before being immediately terminated by Officer ████. Attack occurred exactly 32 minutes before five hours had passed since the end of Experiment 3954-B. The results indicate that SCP-3954 first makes its victim become mentally unstable through the game, and then causes an unknown entity to assume the form of its victim’s loved one, torturing them before either killing them or making them kill themselves. Researcher ████ was found dead in his office 32 minutes later, with staff reporting that he was talking to himself for 20 minutes before dying. Officer ████ was also found dead at the same time later, after having failed to answer his superior's radio transmissions, in a catwalk.